Chatelaine clips date back to the Roman times, and were very popular during the 19th century. The clip was hinged to enable it to hook onto a belt from the waist with a series of chains hanging from it. Each chain would be mounted with useful houshold items such as scissors, watches, thimbles, spectacles and keys.
 
This is a Victorian chatelain clip holding a spectacle case, the body of the case is silver plated in a repousee design, velvet lined to protect the glasses.
 
The spectacle case is in very good condition, the chatelain clip has a little wear to the silver plate as this would have been handled more frequently.
 
Dimensions: length 24cm